Interchangeable hair waver and drier



July 6, 1926. 1,591,207

A. L. BERTHELSEN INTERCHANGEABLE HAIR WAVER AND DRIER Original Filed Feb. 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I I H Silvana July 1926.

A. L. BERTHELSEN INTERGHANGEABLE HAIR WAVER AND DRIER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

iginal Filed Feb. 18 19 Patented July 6, 1925.

ANDERS L. BERTHELSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IN TEBCHANGEABLE HAIR WAVER AND DRIER.

Application filed February 18, 1924, Serial No. 693,707. Renewed November 30,1925.

This invention relates to an interchange able hair waver and drier, and particularly to a construction in which one set of wave producing members may be removed from the heating and clamping members and replaced by other members to eli'ect a differout form of wave.

In prior constructions of this character the wave plates have been fixed in position upon the cooperating heating and clamping devices and a separate device was required for each character of wave desired while no provision was made for drying the hair which had been previously moistened before the waving operation. Also such prior constructions were not adapted -for application to a curling iron of the ordinary type which is capable of use for curling purposes when required by the simple removal of the wave producing plates.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved constructioi'i comprising cooperating heating and clamp ingmembers having detachably mounted thereon wave forming members to produce a wave in the hair treated thereby.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of the wave producing plates by which at least one thereof is formed with apertures to permit the escape of moisture as the hair is heated in forming the w ve and incidentally dries thehair during such operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction embodying a plurality of wave producing plates adapted to be detachably and interchangeably mounted upon the heating and clamping members of a curling iron and held againstmore ment transvez-rsely of said members. I

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims. i

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention;

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 20f Figure 1.; a

Figure 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the plates 1 Figure 4 is a detail of the form of wave produced by the plates shown in Figure 3; Figure 5 is a similar view of the wave produced by the plates illustrated in Figure 2;

FigureS is a section on line 8- -8 of Figure 7; and v Figure 9 isa top plan of the lower wave plate with parts broken away.

Like numerals refer to like parts through out the several figures of the drawing.

The invention is adapted for applicationto any desired form of heating and clamping members but is particularly designed for use inconnection with the conventional type of curling iron having a heated member or mandril 10 carried by a handle 11 and cooperating with a clamping member or finger 12 pivotally mounted at 13 upon the handle portion and provided with an operating handle 14. This clamping member is nor mally held incontact with the heatingmem ber 10 by means of aspring 15 which is here shown as of looped construction with the lower member 16dispos'ed in extended con tact with. the shank 17 ofthe handle and clamped in position thereon by means of a U-clip 18 extending over the shank and pro- 1 vided with portions 19 through which the pivots 13 for theclamping member extend, Such alconstruction firmly holdsthe spring in position and prevents its displacement in the operative movement of thehandle 14.

The wave producing members-may be of 7 any desired configuration designed to pro" duce'the particular wave or configuration thereof sought; In the present instance these plates are of substantially corrugated cross section and comprise'the upper plate 20 and the lower plate21. This upper plate maybe detachably connected; with the clamping 'member in any desired manner, for instance by means of thebayonet slots 22 in the clamping member 12 adapted to receive the headed pins 23 upon the plate .20. vThe lower wave member 21 is remov ably supported upon the heating unit by means of a tubular portion 24Which is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 25 so as to'yieldingly engage the member 10 and be frictionally retained thereon. This tubular member is suitably sec'ured,*as by riveting to the plate 26 which is connected with the lower wave plate 21 in any desired manner,'for instance by an overturned edge as at 27. They lower plate thus forms a series ofchambers which are heated by conlll) duction from the element 10 which may be controlled in any'desired manner, for i11- stance by means of an electrical heating connection as indicated at 28. i

This plate 26 is held against lateral or circumferential movement upon the tubular supporting member by means of a slot 29 at one end thereof which engages a rib or spline 30 upon the heated'member 10 as shown in Figure 7, while the bayonet joint connection of the upper heating plate prevents any relative movement thereof upon the clamping member. The modified form of wave plate shown in Figure 3 is designed to produce a wave ofthe hair as indicated at 31 in Figure l, this being technically known as a long or sea wave, while the form of wave shown in the form of the invention in Figure 2 is of shorter length for producing a soft wave as indicated at 32. The construction of the plates used in both forms is similar to that above described, the only difference being in the configuration of the plates. U i

It is desirable in the operation of waving the hair to first moisten the same and for the purpose of drying the hair during the waving operation and permitting the escape of moisture from between the plates either or both thereof may be provided with perforations or other apertures. In the illustration herein the upper plate 20 is formed with a series of apertures 33 and the lower plate may be similarly apertnred if found desirable. The side edges of this upper plate are also preferably overturned as at 3st to prevent the presentation of a sharp edge against the hair in the waving opera tion, articularly when the device is turned in di erent positions. i

The operation of the invention will be apparent from the foregoing description from which it will be seen that the waving plates or members are detachably and interchangeably mounted so that plates of ditferent conformations may be used to produce any desired wave and quickly and readily applied to the heating and clamping members, while in the use of such plates the function of drying the hair is also secured. By the removal of the plates from the curling iron the latter may be used in the ordinary manner for curling the hair so that the invention combines in a sin le structure means for curling, waving and drying the hair. The arrangement of the plates produces a number of Waves at each operation, thus reducing the time necessary for that purpose and the heating means is so disposed relative to the plates as to prevent overheating or burning of the hair while the entire device is of a simple and economically constructed form adapted to accomplish the most efiicient results.

\Vhile the specific construction ofthe Wave plates and the manner of their detachable mounting has been shown and described, still the invention is not confined thereto as changes and alterations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit thereof as recited in the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

l. A hair waver attaclnnent for cooperating heating and clamping men'ibers comprising supplemental wave members remow ably mounted upon each of said heating and clamping members.

22. it hair waver attachment for cooperating heating and clamping members compris mg supplen'iental detachably mounted wave producing plates applicable to said members and longitudii ially removable therefrom.

3. A hair waver comprising cooperating heating and clamping members provided with detachably mounted plates conformed to produce a wave in the hair and longitudinally removable from said members, one of said plates being provided w'th apertures to permit the escape of moisture from the hair disposed between the plates.

l. In a hair waver, a heating member. a clamping meml er cooperating therewitln a substantially corrugated wave plate supported upon the heating member, and a cooperating wave plate detachably supported upon the clamping member.

In a hair waver, a heating member, a clamping member pivoted thereon, a substantially corrugated wave plate supported upon the heating member, and a cooperating wave plate detach-ably supported upon the clamping member by means of a pin and slot connection therewith.

6. In a hair waver, a heating member, a

cooperating clamping member pivoted thereto, a ower wave plate provided with a tubular friction clamping member to embrace said heating member, and a cooperating upper wave plate carried by the clamping member.

7. In a hair waver, a heating member. a cooperating clamping meinliier pivoted thereto, a lower wave plate provided with a tubular friction clamping men'iber to em brace said heating member. and a coopcr ating upper wave plate carried by the clan'iping member, said tubular member being provided with interlocking means with the heating member to prevent CllclllllfGlGlltial movement thereon.

8. In a hair waver, a heating member. a cooperating clamping member pivoted thereon, a base plate provided with a tubular split sleeve adapted to frictionally engage said heating member, and a cooperating wave plate carried by the clamping member.

9. In a hair waver, a heating member,

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a cooperating clamping member pivoted thereon, a base plate provided with a tubular split sleeve adapted to frictionally engage said heating member, and a cooperating wave plate carried by the clamping member, said sleeve being provided with a slot to engage a key upon said heating member.

10. In a hair waver and drier, a heated member, a base plate carried thereby, and a cooperating wave plate provided with apertures to permit the escape of moisture from the hair disposed between the plates.

11. In a hair waver, a heating member, a clan'iping member pivoted thereon, a base plate, a lower wave plate secured at its edges to said base, a tubular split sleeve disposed between the base and wave plates and secured to the former, and an upper wave plate having a pin and bayonet slot connection with said clamping member.

12. In a hair curling device, a handle provided with a heating member and a straight shank portion, a clamping member to engage said heating member and pivoted upon said shank, a tension spring disposed between said clamping member and shank with extended contact upon the latter, and

a bracing clamp disposed over the contacting portion ot said spring and secured at the pivot of the clamping member.

13. A hair waving attachment for curling irons of the hinged rod and jaw type comprising a pair of mating elements having means for detachable engagement with the rod and jaw respectively so that said elements contact therewith and with each other when the jaw is closed against said rod. 7

14. As a newarticle of manufacture, a hair waver for curling irons comprising a pair of fluted elements having means for detachable connection with a curling iron so as to'relate said elements with respect to each other and permit same to be brought into impingement with a strand of hair to wave same when the elements are subjected to the heat of the iron.

15. A hair waving attachment for curling ANDERS L. snnrnmfsnu. 

